Real and simulated clustered microcalcifications in digital mammograms. ROC study of observer performance

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1385-1394

  Lado, María J ^a,b   Tahoces, Pablo G ^a   Souto, Miguel ^a   Méndez, Arturo J ^a   Vidal, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digital mammography; Digital radiography; Microcalcifications; ROC analysis; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY SCREENS;

AREA UNDER THE CURVES; CLUSTERED MICROCALCIFICATIONS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; MICROCALCIFICATIONS; ROC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIMULATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0030754675     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598027     Document Type: Article

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